Fortunately, I was able to purchase the game today. I started the game up, and of course, it starts with what is essentially a training mode or tutorial. There are a number of tasks to perform which teach you the basic controls. For example, this guy is having trouble lifting a barrel and you can help him out.
Your stamina meter is measured by what appears to be a lime. Don’t run out of lime juice or you’ll get tired and you’ll have to catch your breath! 😛
A task where you rescue a pet teaches you the controls for things like climbing. It turns out there are bird statues and you have to pray to them to save your game. After performing a few tasks, I met up with Lady Gaga Zelda.
She told me about an upcoming ceremony and showed me her instrument. It’s a harp. Her dad showed up and it’s revealed that Zelda is jealous of the connection I have with my bird. So she nearly murders me by pushing me off a ledge.
I tried calling for my bird to catch me and save me, but my bird didn’t come. Zelda felt bad for trying to kill me, so she calls her bird instead and saves me. But after we get back on solid ground, she apologizes…but not to me, to her bird!
At any rate, my bird is nowhere to be found, so I have explore the town, asking everyone if they’ve seen my bird. This again feels like a training session, as you are shown things like how to dash into a tree, how to use your map, and eventually, how to use a sword. As is often the case in Zelda games, Nintendo has some truly frightening looking characters.
I get my first taste of combat in a journey through a cave, which leads to me my bird. Reunited at last.
Zelda teaches me the basics of riding my bird, and I practice them. I have to be prepared for a bird race in the upcoming ceremony. After I’ve had enough practice, I save my game. The ceremonial race is coming up, so check back next time!
